The best stimulus plan would be to fix the broken health care industry

Lex

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Thu Jan-24-08 10:55 PM
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The best stimulus plan would be to fix the broken health care industry

and health care insurance system (i.e. scam).

It would help EVERYONE, including small businesses who struggle with being able to cover their employees, even if they want to.

The money could go for that and make a real and lasting difference.

Damn it. :cry:

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sandnsea

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Thu Jan-24-08 10:59 PM
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1. $150 billion, yep it would

I think that's right around the amount of money they've all said it would take for full coverage. It would help people save every month for the rest of the year too.

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Telly Savalas

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:41 PM
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6. $150 billion is about $500 a person.

Health care costs are something like $7,000 a year per person.

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sandnsea

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:54 PM
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8. That's the estimate to cover everyone

Business would continue to pay the bulk of insurance, the way they do now. All the plans cost $110 billion a year or less. Medicare, Medicaid, VA, IHS, would continue to come out of other monies.

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frogcycle

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Thu Jan-24-08 10:59 PM
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2. plus transportation infrastructure

there are a gazillion bridges needing repair, plus highways, rail lines...

and here is a creative idea to put people to work and fix an environmental disaster:

NOLAPlan

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Windy

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:01 PM
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3. You are 100% correct. My husband owns an electrical contracting business and healthcare

is one of his biggest expenses. We are in Michigan. He had to lay off workers for the first time this year...five this winter. Very hard. If the expenses of healthcare weren't so high and growing, some of those jobs could have been saved.

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NMMNG

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:08 PM
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4. Where are the Pro-life/Right-to-life people now?

It seems when it comes to the question of health care the so-called Pro-life faction is strangely silent. I wonder why that is.....

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EFerrari

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:44 PM
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7. Shopping. n/t

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Quantess

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:12 PM
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5. Agreed.

I recently broke my arm, and the hospital bill alone is over $20,000. (I'm uninsured). They are dreaming if they think I can pay that!

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